Aligning device for making manifold records



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ALIGNING DEVICE FOR MAKING MANIFOLD RECORDS Filed Jan. 11, 1928 2 Sheets-Shee't 1 INVENTOR.

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ALIGNING DEVICE FOR MAKING MANIFOLD RECORDS Filed Jan. 11,-1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 23 I IZZY l 23 I: .16 i 11 I4 '3 25 I x 3026. 28 27 29 37 11 z v I jll llp "H 1 1 Illl 27 MLL AMA MW ATTORNEYS.

Ratentecl' Jan. 21, 1930 UNITED ISTATESANOPATENT" OFFICE WILLIAM J. WISWALL, PORTLAND, OREGON, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN SALES BOOK COMPANY, LIMITED, OF TORONTO, CANADA, A CORPORATION OF CANADA ALIGNING nnvrc'n non MAKING MANIFOLD nncoans Application filed January 11,1928. Serial 1T0. 245,845.

accommodate a. number of strips, and providing for rapid and convenient changing of the number of strips which may be utilized;

Another object of the invention is the provision of a practical apparatus whereby each record stripis controlledby its individual aligning pin, the-apparatus being compact, convenient and readily portable.

Other objects of the invention will be-in partobvious and will in part appear hereinafter. t

The invention accordingly comprises the features of construction, combinations ofelements, and arrangement of parts, which willbe exemplified in'the construction hereinafter set forth and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the claims.

For a fuller understanding of the nature and objects. of the inventionreference should be had to-the following detailed description taken inlconnection with the accompanying drawing, in which: 7

Fig. 1 is a plan of the apparatus showing I it in open condition ready for use;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the apparatus; Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal, vertical .section through a portion of the apparatus, showing the pin aligners in their aligning positions; r

Fig. 4 shows a portion of the aligning apparatus in general side elevation, the aligning pins being outof aperture engagement with the record strips;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of a portion of one of the carriers or plates, partly in section.

Referring now more specifically to the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates a writing base,platen, or table, to which is connected a container part 2, the bottom 30f the container part bein a continuation of the base 1 through a broad inge 4. One end of the conthe invention is the provision of a simple apparatus adapted to' tainer 2 has an end'5 and two side walls 6 and 7 havin the overhanging flange 8, the walls 6 and 7 being of reduced heightat 9, the ends of the walls 9 being connected by a wall 10, the supply of record strips beinggadapted to be disposed in the. container between the walls 5,6,7 and 10.

Any practical number of record strips may be employed, three being illustrated. The record strips are indicated by the numerals 11 and each has a series of printed forms, as 'for instance bill heads,.a;nd each strip also has a series of aligning apertures 12, the apertures intervening the printed forms. When the several strips are in superposed relation with the printed forms in registry with each other depthwise, the set of aligning apertures adjacent the registering printed forms are also in registry with each other, the result being that by aligning the apertures with each other, registration of the printed forms is effected. Between succeeding printed forms the record strips have transverse weakening lines as at 13, and the superposed strips are 1 folded zigzag to form a flat packet of record .,strips for convenient reception'in the container, as for instance illustrated in Fig. 2.

Upstandin'g at opposite sides from the base 7 1 are'the rigid gage abutments 14 and 15 which are of suitable stiff material as metal,

\the record strips 11 being adapted to pass between theseo abutments, the faces of the abutments being smooth on the side facing the container.

Also at the opposite sides of the base 1 are the upstanding guides16 and17 which may be plates extending at angles from the abutments 14 and 15, and the ends of the guides 16 and 17 may be bent into parallel relation with the abutments 14 and 15, as indicated at 18 and 19. 1 Fixed to the upper endseof the members 15, 17 and 19 is a plate 20. Overhanging the upperends of the members. 14 and 1'6 is a keeper plate 21 pivoted at 22 ona pin upstanding from a bracket 23 "fastened to the inside of the guide '16. The

plate 21- has a notch 24 to permit the play of an actuator arm 25 hereinafter described. At the end of the base 1 remote from the container-,a strip clamp jaw '26 is pivoted at o poside sides of the as at 27, and

the ront edge ofthe jaw 26 is-adapted to serve as a tear-01f bar for the strips.

Lying between the guides, 16 and 17 and at one side'of the upstanding abutments 14 and 15, are a plurality of relatively superposed plates, or carrier plates, all of which are alike and are generally indicated by the numerals 26. These plates are preferably made of thin sheet metal and the upper and lower surfaces thereof are broad and smooth ment illustrated, the outer end of the pinupwardly inclinin in a forward direction asindicated at 29; t at is, in the direction of advance away from the container 2. In each of the-plates 26 is a recess 28' directly opposite the pin on that plate, the recess 28 being of a size or diameter to receive the end of the pin on the next adjacent upper plate 26.

In the embodiment illustrated the plates 26, are formed from a folded plate or sheet of strip material bent. at 29 to form two plies 30 and 31, these plies lying opposite each other, the pin 27 being struck down from the lower ply and the recess 28 being provided in the upper ply. Each carrier plate is provided with a thin, resilient metal clamping jaw 32 pivoted thereto at 33 for movement in and out between'the forward ends of the plies 30 and 31. Held to each plate 26 by its clampin jaw 32 is a transfer sheet 34, which extends orwardly over the writing table 1 in manifoldingrelation with the superposed record strips. As the clamping'jaw 32 and the carrier plates 26 are of resilient metal, the transfer sheets are efliciently held and may readily be removed and replaced. The trans- .fer sheets may be the customary carbons used for manifolding inscription.

Each carrier plate 26 has a rearwardly extending stripper whichis adapted to cooperate to strip the record strips from the aligning pin 27 thereon. In the embodiment illustrated, this stripper comprises a still bow or yoke, the opposite arms of which are loose-- 1y articulated with the carrier plates 26 as b being pivoted thereto at-35,. The cross across the face of the adjacent record strip, and the arms 37 lie beneath the plate 26, the pivotal point 35 being somewhat within the edge 29 of-the plate 26, so that the arms 37 may contact with the under face of the plate 26 to limit the relative movement between the plate and the bow in an u ward direction. The strippers are also utillzed to effect upwardly shifting inovement of the plates 26 around the abutshould be uite stifi to mitting ro s. j

The actuator arm 25 is pivoted to the base 1 at 39, Fi 3, and is pivotally ur ed away from the a utments 14 and 15 by tl ie spring 40. The arm 25 has a finger piece 41 for conveniently actuating it to shift the carrier plates 26, and the upper end of the actuator arm 25 is adapted to play in the slot 24 of the keeper 21, when said keeper is in position overlying the abutment 14 and the guide 21. At this point it may be mentioned that the keeper 21 is movable on its pivot 22 out of serve as thrust transposition overlying the abutment 14 andthe guide 21, thereby providing convenient'access to the space between the guides 21 and 17 for the insertion and removal of the carrier plates 26.

Along the forward edge of the actuator arm 25 is an-upwardly extending series of teeth creams, the teeth being spaced a greater distance from each other as their height -on the arm from the pivotal point 29 increases. When the carrier plates are in aligning' position, as illustrated for instance in Fig, 3, the cross piece 36 of the strippers lie immediately above one another in the path of the actuator. arm 25. As the arm 25 is manually urged forwardly by the'operator,

.first the lower stripper contacts'the actuator arm and then the next upper stripper, and soon. Forward movement of the actuator arm thrusts the stripper arms 37 forwardly andcauses the carrier plates to swing or shift u wardly and in an arcuate path on the abutinents 14 and -15, thereby disengaging the -ments 14 and 15, and to this end the arms 37 aligning pins 27 from the aligning apertures 12.

In operation, the keeper 21 will be shifted to the dotted line position shown in Fig. 1, whereupon the proper number of carrier plates may be introduced between the guides 14 and. 15. Before inserting the carrier plates, the lowermost record strip will be drawn from the container so as ,to extend between the guides 16 and 17 and lie upon the writing table v1 and beneath the clamping jaw 26. 'Thereupon, a carrier plate will be introduced and permitted to rest upon the record strip.- Then another record strip is drawn from the container in the manner explained and will lie upon the carrier plate which has been inserted. Thereuponanother carrier plate will be inserted between the '16 and 17 so as to lie behind the abutments aligning pins in each carrier plate will enter aligning apertures 12 in the adjacent stri s an effect alignment and registration of t e printed forms.

After inscription'has been made, the actuator arm 25 may be urged forwardly whereupon the aligning pins will be disengaged it to retract, thus allowing the carrier plates,

with their aligning pins to drop onto therespective record strips. Thereupon completion of advance of the record strips will cause the apertures therein to be engaged by the aligning pinsso that the printed forms about .to be inscribed will be arrested above the vwriting table in proper position for inscription.

Thus by the above described construction are accomplished the objects hereinbefore referred to.

Since certain changes'may be made in the above construction and different embodi ments ofthe invention could be made without departing'from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in-the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense. Itis also to be understood that the following claims are intended to cover all of the eneric and specific, features of the invention herein described, and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween. Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: j

1. A strip aligning apparatus including, in combination, a pair of upstanding abutments between which the strips pass, a plurality of upwardly'shiftable plates 'in superposed relation to each other at one side of sa d abutments, said plates having pro ect ng aligning, pins, next adjacent of said plates havingthe one a recess for receptlon of the end of the aligning pin on the other, and a member manually movable to shift said plates upwardly. a 2. A strip aligning apparatus 1nclud1ng,1n

combination, a pair ofupstanding abutments between which the strips pass, a plurality of.

upwardly shiftable plates in superposed relation to each other at one sideof sald, abutments, saidplates having pro ectingaligning pins, next adjacent of said plates having the one a recess for reception of the end of the aligning pin on the other, and a member manually movable to shift said plates upwardly, said plates being unconnected one to another.-

3. A strip aligning apparatus including,

combination, a pair of upstanding abutments between which the strips pass, a plurality of upwardly shiftable plates in superposed relation to each other at one side of said abut-' ments, said plates having projecting aligningpins, next adjacent of said plates having the one a recess for reception of the end of the aligning pin on the other, and a member man: ually movable to shift said plates upwardly,- said plates having rearwardly extending strippers loosely articulated thereto.

4. A strip aligning apparatus including, in combination, a pair of upstanding abutments between which the strips pass, a plurality of upwardly shiftable plates in superposed relation to each other atone side of said abutments, said plates having projecting aligning pins, next adjacent of said plates having the one a recess for reception of therend of the allgning pin on the other, and a member manually movable to shift said plates upwardly said plates having rea'rwardly extending strippers loosely articulated thereto and lying in the path of movement of said manually movable member.

5. A strip aligning apparatus including, in

between which the strips pass, a plurality of.

upwardly shiftable plates in superposed relation to .each other at one side of said abutments, said plates having projecting aligning pins, next adjacent of said plates having the one a recess for reception of the end of the aligning pin on the other, and an'oscillatable actuator having teeth, said plates having loosely articulated, thrust transmitting rods with which said teeth are adapted to contact,

respectively, so as to swing{ said plates on said abutment in an upward direction.-

7..A strip aligning apparatus including, in combination, a pair of upstanding abutme'nts between whichthe strips pass, a plurality of upwardly shiftable plates in superposed relation to each other at one side of said abutments, said plates having projecting aligning pins, next adjacent of said plates having the one a recess for reception .of the end ofthe aligning pin onthe other, a manually oscillatable actuator arm, each of said plates having a stiff bow pivoted thereto and 1n the path of movement of said arm. a

8. An aligner of the character described including, in combination a folded'plat the plies of which are opposite each other, one

of said folds havingran aligning pin projecting therefrom, and the other having an aperture opposite said pin. 9. An aligner of the character described including, in combination, a folded plate the plie's of which are opposite each other, one of saidfolds having an aligning pin projecting therefrom, and a stripper" bar pivoted to said plate and having a part adapted to contact an under part of said plate, thereby to limit relative movement between said a plate and bar in one direction.

10. An aligner of the character described including, in combination, a folded plate the v plies of which are opposite each other, one

of said folds having an aligning pin projecting therefrom, and the other having an aperture opposite said pin, and a stripper bar pivoted to said plate and having a part adapted to contact an under part of said late, thereby to limit relative movement etween said plate andbar in one direction. 11. Analigner of the character described including, in combination, a folded plate the '30 plies of which are opposite each other, one

of said folds having an aligning pin pro jecting therefrom, and the other, having an aperture opposite said pin, a stripper bar pivoted to said plate and having a part adapted to contact an under part of said plate, thereby to limit relative movement between said plate and bar in one direction, and a clampj aw pivoted to said aligner and movable :into and out .of clamping position be- 40 tween said plies.

12. A strip alignin apparatus including a carrier having an a igning pin projecting therefrom and apin receivlng recess in sai carrier directly opposite said pin.

13. A strip aligning apparatus including,

' in combination, a pair of upstanding abutments'between which the strips pass, a plu rality of upwardly shiftable plates in superposed relat on to each other at one side of 60 said abutments, said plates having projecting aligning pins; next adjacent of said plates having the one a recess for reception of the end of the aligning in on the other, a member manually movab e to shift; said platesup- 'wardly, laterally disposed upstanding guides between which said plates lie, and a keeper overchanging said plates and pivotally movable out of keeping position. p

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. WILLIAM 'JHWISWALL. 

